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mt76x2: apply coverage class on slot time too
authorLorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>
Tue, 15 May 2018 10:08:14 +0000 (12:08 +0200)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Wed, 23 May 2018 07:56:05 +0000 (10:56 +0300)
According to 802.11-2007 17.3.8.6 (slot time), the slot time should
be increased by 3 us * coverage class. Taking into account coverage
class in slot time configuration allows to increase by an order of
magnitude the throughput on a 4Km link in a noisy environment

Tested-by: Luca Bisti <luca.bisti@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Gaetano Catalli <gaetano.catalli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2_init.c
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2_main.c

index dd4c112..276c6b6 100644 (file)
@@ -482,7 +482,10 @@ void mt76x2_set_tx_ackto(struct mt76x2_dev *dev)
 {
        u8 ackto, sifs, slottime = dev->slottime;
 
+       /* As defined by IEEE 802.11-2007 17.3.8.6 */
        slottime += 3 * dev->coverage_class;
+       mt76_rmw_field(dev, MT_BKOFF_SLOT_CFG,
+                      MT_BKOFF_SLOT_CFG_SLOTTIME, slottime);
 
        sifs = mt76_get_field(dev, MT_XIFS_TIME_CFG,
                              MT_XIFS_TIME_CFG_OFDM_SIFS);
index 81c58f8..539dda8 100644 (file)
@@ -247,8 +247,7 @@ mt76x2_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
                int slottime = info->use_short_slot ? 9 : 20;
 
                dev->slottime = slottime;
-               mt76_rmw_field(dev, MT_BKOFF_SLOT_CFG,
-                              MT_BKOFF_SLOT_CFG_SLOTTIME, slottime);
+               mt76x2_set_tx_ackto(dev);
        }
 
        mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);